Track-rail fastener for railroads.



. PATENTED JULY 21, 1908.

J. T. WEST. TRACK RAIL FASTBNBR FOR RAILROADS.

APPLIQATION FILED NOV. 29, 1907.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN T. WEST, a citizen of the United, States, and a resident of Bowling Green, in the county of Warren and State 0 Kentuck have invented a new and Improved Trackail Fastener for Railroads, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The purpose of this invention is to provide novel, simple details of construction for a track rail astener, that is readily applied 'for construction of a new railroad, orfor repairing a track as may be required, the improvement being adapted for quick application, and in service 1s very rehable and effective as a means for holding track rails secured upon cross ties of the railroad.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of hereinafter described and define pended claims. Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawin forming a part of this specification, in wh1ch similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

, Figure 1 is a transverse sectional view of a track rail, a longitudinal sectional view of a cross tie in part, and a similar sectional view of the improved rail vfastener, taken substantially on the line 1 1 of Fig. 3; Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view of a cross tie, a

side -V16W of a portion of a track il, h 6

tion being indlcated by the line 2-2' of Fig.

3 and a side view of the improvement applied for securing the track rail in lacs? 9 the cross tie; Fi 3 is a plan View .0 the de tails shown in igs. 1 and 2; Fi 4. is 8. dew tached perspective view reduce. size, of a track rail chair that is a detail of the in vention; and Fig. 5 is a detached erslpective view of a novel clampemployed or oldlng a track rail secured on the chair.

In the drawings which illustrate the con struction and ap lication of. the invention, A indicates a tracli rail of the usual constructionhavin a ballor head a, web b,-and foot flanges d, that project opppsitely from the lower termination of the we B represents one of an indefinite number of cross ties, preferably formed rectan 'lar in cross section, of wood or other av able material. p e

The chair that is an essential detail ofthe improvement, is formed of metal eitherwrought or cast into form, an'dcomprlses a flat seat plate 0, that is of a suitable length,

,two side flan est, 5-, out

' on the seat plate}: I

parts, as is in the apthe free side edge to bemoun 9. a of equal widt ml a let! I ll the seat plats, said illl i gfifl 1n parallel planes, when 13? for closely embracing the g as represented "ii okiisssssgji g etznay he formed oi in Fig. 2.. -.Ihere are twon.

material thereof out,

the seat plate, as is clearly" wn i l Fig. 4-

In a plying the device for the reoeptionoih and a widthggllal to that of I M nt to:

art

I y Q 1 Minted.

thereon by a bolt k that passes hrough the flanges e? and the tie B, fvvhioh arrangement of parts disposes the return flit-egos 51, g transversely above the seatbplate' oi the chair. The track rail A is uninitiated P I n the chair and slid into posititn-hstwoea-the flanges g, g, and one ol said flangesg receive! as tampon, ihfliiodt flan e d of the track rail,

ass owninF .1.

A completi detail oi the rail installer consists of a nu clamp for engaging the remaining hook flange g, and t. e adjacent foot flange d as clearly shown in Fig. 5, ambodying a olampm flangei,inte .allyformed on one side edge o a wedge-like e plate 1, that at one end is rovided wit an up wardly-turned ofisetsad i, andat the op.

osite end that is thinnest, is vertically perorated for the receptionof a split key t.

It will be noticed that if the traclcrail is in osition on the seahplo as b a g l a sufiioleot space will aiior tween the side ad e "of the foot-flange d and the tumrbent ange gfrto permit of the y Plate 42 being driven timrchotwosn, thus binding the clainpm flange t aga n and .P

1. A railroad track rail fastener comprising the split key t" the key-pllge is pre-' a chair adapted to seat transversely of the tie,

and having spaced depending flanges for ent l stash-F side edges, and boat toward-oachlother over and spaced. from theintornmdiateporti'on 5 gaging the sides of the tie, and upwardly and inwardly rojectin flanges for receiving the base of t e rail tflerebetween, a keylate having a clampin flange projecting t erefrom at one side e ge thereof, said key being adapted to be received beneath one .of the last named flanges with the clamping flange seatin on one slde of the rail base, the other side said rail base being seated beneath ing a chair having 1 theo posite flange, a pintraversing'the key and the chair, said key having a flange at the end thereof, ,to limit its inward movement. 2. A railroad track rail fastener, embodytwo spaced parallel deending flanges t ereon, two return bent anges at the ends of the-.chair, receiving a track rail between them, one flange bearing upon a respective flange on the track rail and the other return bent flange spaced from the opposite fo'ot flange on the track rail, a key plate in wedge form, having JOHN THOMAS WEST.

Witnesses:

D, S. THORNTON, FANNY TURNER. 

